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CRICKET | Page 2 FOOTBALL | Page 7 South Africa Sterling at the thrash hapless double as Australia Man City hit in Perth Saints for six Monday, November 5, 2018 MOTOGP Safar 27, 1440 AH Marquez wins in GULF TIMES Malaysia as Rossi crashes out of lead SPORT Page 4 RECOGNITION SPOTLIGHT Qatar 2022 stadiums receive sustainability awards New he sustainable con- calculated the Class A* ratings struction practices at after conducting four site au- statutes two 2022 FIFA World dits during the construction Cup stadiums have process at both venues. Tbeen recognised as outstand- Engineer Bodour al-Meer, ing by the Global Sustainability the SC’s Sustainability & Envi- issued for Assessment System (GSAS). ronmental Manager, said: “We Both Al Wakrah Stadium and are proud to receive these pres- Al Bayt Stadium – Al Khor City tigious certifi cations for two were awarded a Class A* rating of our stadiums – it is a major by GSAS, which is administered achievement for Qatar and the QMMF in Qatar by the Gulf Organisa- SC, as we strive to meet our tion for Research & Develop- ambitious sustainability tar- ment (GORD). gets in the lead-up to 2022 and Al Wakrah Stadium will have beyond.” a capacity of 40,000 and host The SC is overseeing the de- matches up to the quarter- Construction at both venues — Al Wakrah Stadium (left) and Al Bayt Stadium – Al Khor City (right) — is due to be completed soon. velopment of seven stadiums fi nals stage during Qatar 2022, in preparation for the 2022 while Al Bayt Stadium will be a dent for Sport Projects, picked the construction of the sta- certifi cation. Sustainability diums’ promotion of sustain- FIFA World Cup, along with semi-fi nals venue with 60,000 up the respective awards dur- dium. It is an honour to receive is at the core of our work on a able practices, along with their the redevelopment of Khalifa seats. Construction at both ing the Sustainability Summit this award, which is testament daily basis. This recognition monitoring and reduction of International Stadium, which venues is due to be completed 2018, which was recently host- to the hard work of everyone follows the award given to us by environmental impacts on reopened in May 2017. Each soon. ed in Doha by GORD. involved in the project.” GORD for the stadium’s design, construction activities. During proposed venue is mandated to Abdulaziz Ali al-Ishaq, the Commenting on the mile- Meanwhile, Dr Nasser al- which also received the high- development, the project teams achieve a four-star GSAS De- Supreme Committee for Deliv- stone, al-Ishaq said: “Sustain- Hajri, Al Bayt Stadium Project est possible rating, thanks to its prioritised waste recycling, the sign & Build Certifi cate, which ery & Legacy’s (SC) Al Wakrah ability has been at the heart Director at Aspire Zone Foun- expression of local heritage and reuse of materials and water, assesses the level of sustain- Project Director, and Abdulaziz of our project from day one – dation, said: “We are very proud culture.” and dust suppression. ability within the design of the al-Mahmoud, Aspire Zone right from the design phase, all of the work done by the Al Bayt In awarding the Class A* The GSAS Trust, an inde- stadium building. Foundation’s Deputy Presi- the way through to completing Stadium team to achieve this rating, GSAS praised both sta- pendent certifi cation body, (SC.qa) TENNIS Minister of Culture and Sports HE Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser al-Ali. QNA Doha Khachanov shocks inister of Culture and Sports HE Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser al-Ali issued yesterday a decision Mto adopt the new statutes of the Qa- tar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) based on amendments pro- posed by the federation. Djoko to win in Paris This decision is part of the strategy of the Ministry of Culture and Sports to empower young people and develop 22-year-old Russian snaps Serbian superstar’s 22-match winning streak with a straight sets win their capabilities as well as enhance the level of sport in Qatar, and within the Reuters Serbian’s remarkable spell of bending down to kiss the Cen- challenge the established or- a fourth consecutive tourna- co-ordination and fruitful co-opera- Paris dominance in the men’s game tre Court. der of Djokovic, Federer and ment win, following his victo- tion between the Ministry and QMMF. yesterday. Khachanov, a strapping 6ft Rafa Nadal, Khachanov looks ries at the Cincinatti Masters, The decision also aims at enhancing The 22-year-old Russian has 6in huge hitter with surpris- to have the equipment to off er the US Open and the Shanghai QMMF’s independence in the man- aren Khachanov for some time been seen as one ingly fl eet movement around them a real threat. Masters, he immediately broke agement of its aff airs, as is the case in caused one of the of the rising young talents of the court, took advantage of “I’m sure we’ll see a lot of back. other federations, in order to enhance shocks of the tennis the sport but few could have Djokovic being a little under- great games from him in the fu- Khachanov redoubled his at- the level of the sport in the State and year by overpowering envisaged his demolition of the the-weather after a week ture,” conceded Djokovic. tacking intent, while not giving maintain its leadership in the interna- KNovak Djokovic 7-5, 6-4 in the Serbian superstar, who was on struggling with fl u-like symp- That seems assured. What up another break point in the tional sports community. It also seeks Paris Masters fi nal to end the a three-month, 22-match win- toms. was most impressive about rest of the match with his effi - to enable young people to participate ning streak. Yet even though the Serb Khachanov’s victory was the cient, heavy serving. eff ectively in the management of the Djokovic was expected to admitted he was not feeling manner in which he bullied Constantly keeping the mas- federation and its sports clubs, involve celebrate his return to world his best after his epic three- Djokovic around the court with ter of defence on the back foot, them in their decision-making, and number one today with a hour win over Roger Federer the depth and booming accu- he converted a decisive break encourage them to make initiatives record-extending fi fth Paris in Saturday’s semi-fi nal, he a Russian three-times winner racy of his groundstrokes and point at 5-5 with an irretriev- and proposals that will improve sports, title but he went down in one had nothing but praise for the in Paris, picked up the biggest his confi dence in his ventures able backhand at full stretch which refl ects the State’s confi dence in hour 37 minutes amid a hail of outstanding quality of Khach- title of his burgeoning career. to the net. before taking the set in 57 min- the youth and their potential and ability 31 crushing winners from the anov’s attacking game. It was his third triumph of The only previous time they utes. in this fi eld. Muscovite’s racket. “All credit to Karen, he did the year, all on indoor hard had met, Djokovic crushed Then, with Djokovic clearly The QMMF General Assembly has “To fi nish my season like this a great job today. He deserves courts, and will rocket Khach- the Russian in straight sets at breathing harder, he earned the been formed, including all sports clubs is a dream,” Khachanov told the trophy,” Djokovic told the anov from 18th in the world to a Wimbledon and, momentar- decisive break to go 2-1 up in that exercise any sports activity of cars the crowd in the Bercy arena, crowd. career-high 11th today. ily, it seemed as if the same fate the second set af- and motorcycles. Within three months, explaining how Djokovic had Earning his fourth straight Even better news for a sport could await Khachanov again ter Djokovic had the General Assembly would prepare always been an inspiration to win over a top-10 player this always on the look-out for the as he was out-rallied to go 3-1 pushed a weary- for the election of a new board of direc- him. week, Khachanov, whose mus- next bright down in the opening set. looking back- tors as well as the adoption of QMMF’s He even took a leaf out of the cular game resembles that of young Instead, up against a great hand into the strategic plan and programmes in addi- Serb’s book of celebrations by his childhood hero Marat Safi n, thing to champion who was looking for net. tion to exercising the other powers pro- vided for in the statute. An executive body was also estab- lished in Qatar SC and Al Sadd that specialise in motorsports. Qatar SC hosted the motorcycles activities at the Batabit centre, while Al Sadd hosted motor activities at Mawater centre. The two clubs are included in the members of the General Assembly of QMMF, in addition to the other specialised clubs that practice motorssports, such as Lu- sail SC. The move aims to establish a prom- ising national base that invests their experience and seeks to embrace ini- tiatives and youth eff orts in this field through the activities, and compe- titions organised by QMMF or par- ticipating locally and internationally, which is of great importance to the in- dividual and society, and contributes to the dissemination of traffi c culture among young people and open chan- nels of communication with veterans Russia’s Karen Khachanov celebrates after athletes in order to benefi t from their winning the Paris Masters final against Serbia’s experiences and fi nd a common space Novak Djokovic (above) yesterday.